Did you know...
- A three-hour ballet performance is roughly equivalent to two 90-minute soccer games back to back or running 18 miles.
- 31% of ballet dancers have had, or will have, a stress fracture.
- Did you know that dancers have better than average peripheral vision? Head angles are widely used in dance, so dancers have to use their eyes if they want to look to the side, without turning their heads.
- Most ballerinas wear out 2-3 pairs of pointe shoes a week.
- Dancers are known to be disciplined, focused, and high achievers who tend to be successful students and hard workers.
- A male dancer lifts over 1 ½ tons of ballerinas during a performance.
- The average dancer does 200 one leg landing jumps per class – These jumps can produce a force equivalent to 12 times the dancers body weight.
- 90% of ballet dancers have clicking hips.
- One tutu requires 60-90 hours of labor, over 100 yards of ruffle and can cost up to $2000.00.